California Drought Tests History of Endless Growth
The California drought pushes on, this New York Times piece offers insight into various attitudes on the increasingly bleak situation, including University of Southern California historian Kevin Starr.

How an Apocalyptic Cult Invented Baseball Beard Power
Some baseball history for the first week of the season, The Boston Globe featured the House of David. A religious commune whose members maintained no worldly possessions, the House of David also fielded some very popular barnstorming baseballs with even more noticeable haircuts.

How Google Pulled Off Its Ingenious Pac-Man Maps
Did you catch this delightful, yet production-halting April Fools prank by the folks at Google? If not, it was probably for the better, as Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde showed no remorse as we munched pellets with PacMan in the area around our DC office.